| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-20页 |
| ·Critical Review of The Death of the Heart | 第10-16页 |
| ·The Feasibility and Significance of the Research | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research Method and Organization of the Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter One Portia’s Confrontation with Marginality in Perplexity | 第20-28页 |
| ·Facing Various Hotels as Her Vagrant Childhood Living Places | 第21-24页 |
| ·Confronting the Role as an Outsider in Her Half-brother’s Home | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Two Portia’s Rebellion against Marginality in Struggle | 第28-37页 |
| ·Obsession with a Playboy to Find a Sense of Belonging | 第29-33页 |
| ·Running Away from the Cold Family as Resistance to Marginal State | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter Three Portia’s Compromise to Marginality in Disillusionment | 第37-47页 |
| ·Concession to the Betrayer | 第38-42页 |
| ·Compromise to an Outdated Man and to Her Alienated Family | 第42-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Notes | 第49-50页 |
| Works Cited | 第50-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53-54页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第54-59页 |
| Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program | 第59页 |
